Mary Colter may well be the best-known unknown architect in the world: her buildings at the Grand Canyon National Park-which include Lookout Tower, Hopi House, Bright Angel Lodge, and many others-are admired by almost five million visitors a year.

This extraordinary book about an extraordinary woman weaves together three stories-the remarkable career of a woman in a man's profession during the late 19th century; the creation of a building and interior style drawn from regional history and landscape; and the exploitation, largely at the hands of the railroads, of the American Southwest for leisure travel.

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Format: Trade Paperback
Author: Berke, Arnold
ISBN: 9781568983455
Condition: Used
Dimensions: 8.02 x 1.31
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Year: 2002

Mary Colter: Architect of the Southwest

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